My Antonia - Willa Cather
My Antonia - Willa Cather
No damn cat, no damn cradle - Newt Honniker
Bathsheba Everdene from Far from the Madding Crowd is depicted as a proud and strong nerved woman.
Catherine I agree with.Originally Posted by Desolation
For Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury I would add Dilsey, or even Quentin, as well as her mother, Caddy.
For grievous war these arms don't ask,
No armor, save this joyous flask
Kristin Lavransdatter from...Kristin Lavransdatter. By Sigrid Undset. Excellent book.
Also, can't remember the names of either of the characters but both main lady characters in Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner and Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.
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Lily Briscoe from Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.
There can't be none stronger than Jean Paget from A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute.
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
I chime in with Sherine Khalil, from Paulo Cohelo's "The witch of Portobello". A strong and decided girl. really love her. He always depicts awesome female characters in his novels.
Totally agree with this!
I just wanted to reiterate what others have suggested...
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" - read that several times, loved it!
"Tess of the D'urbervilles"- though it's been a while since I read it.
"Romeo and Juliet" - She is a strong female for her day. She doesn't "fall in line" with her family. It doesn't matter to her that Romeo is the son of her family's enemy. She loves him anyway.
Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum,/Þeodcuninga þrum gefrunon,/hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,/ monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,/ egsode eorlas, syððan ærest wearð/ feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,/ weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,/ oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra/ofer hronrade hyran scolde,/gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning!
Am I going blind? I haven't seen Jane Eyres's name mentioned.
And what about the wonderful Miss Betsey Trotwood, David Copperfield's great aunt? He owes so much to her and she is generous to all she knew, even in the the case of Mr Wickfield, those who had cheated her. 4 Cheers for Betsey!!
I totally agree with you about Jane Eyre. But the originator of the topic mentioned enjoying many Bronte books already. I assumed they'd already read it.
Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum,/Þeodcuninga þrum gefrunon,/hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,/ monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,/ egsode eorlas, syððan ærest wearð/ feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,/ weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,/ oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra/ofer hronrade hyran scolde,/gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning!
It's hard to better the enigmatic Catherine I (nee Earnshaw) from Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
For inner strength, I'd choose the ever-so-subtle Maggie (nee Verver) from The Golden Bowl of Henry James.
"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself"
Philomila and Procne
Rape my sister, will you?
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I'm a little late to the party, but I think there's a pretty good list here already. Definitely agree with much of Woolf's canon, as well as Austen's and the Bronte's.
Don't know whether it's been mentioned, but also L.M. Montgomery's Anne series, especially the first. Moreover, her Emily series as well, often overshadowed by that loud redhead.
Cheers,
Alyson
Alyson of Bathe's feeble attempt at completing the 1001 books challenge. You would think a former English major would have a better start than this. For the Reading.
Oooh, yeah, I'd forgotten about "that loud redhead"Great suggestion
I'm not familiar with her Emily series. I'll have to read them someday.
Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum,/Þeodcuninga þrum gefrunon,/hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,/ monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,/ egsode eorlas, syððan ærest wearð/ feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,/ weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,/ oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra/ofer hronrade hyran scolde,/gomban gyldan. Þæt wæs god cyning!
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